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. 2024 Sep 14;16(18):3104. doi: 10.3390/nu16183104

Table 6.

Mean and standard error of the mean vitamin values from separable lean tissue 1 from three 2 raw U.S. beef offal items.

Nutrient, Units Bone Marrow Testicles Blood
Retinol (Vitamin A), mcg/g 0.48 ± 0.10 0.05 ± 0.02 0.07 ± 0.02
25-Hydroxy Vitamin D, mcg/100 g 0.45 ± 0.02 0.47 ± 0.04 2.30 ± 0.08
Alpha-Tocopherol (Vitamin E), mcg/g 8.50 ± 3.61 20.23 ± 3.23 2.21 ± 0.12
Phylloquinone (Vitamin K1), ng/g 166.00 ± 36.87 7.93 ± 0.43 0.53 ± 0.03
Vitamin K2 3
  Menaquinone-4, ng/g 338.00 ± 43.42 335.83 ± 26.28 0.00
  Menaquinone-6, ng/g - 2.27 ± 2.27 0.73 ± 0.15
  Menaquinone-7, ng/g - 10.57 ± 5.43 1.50 ± 0.00
  Menaquinone-8, ng/g - - -
  Menaquinone-9, ng/g 23,000.00 ± 1249.00 - -
  Menaquinone-10, ng/g 6124.67 ± 1453.62 - 9.53 ± 0.73
  Menaquinone-11, ng/g 52,866.67 ± 2273.27 790.67 ± 60.32 27.40 ± 2.59
  Menaquinone-12, ng/g 186.00 ± 76.53 9.37 ± 1.53 17.30 ± 0.35
  Menaquinone-13, ng/g - 94.53 ± 4.45 26.83 ± 0.93

1 Separable lean tissue includes all lean muscle and organ tissue. 2 Vitamin analysis results of other offal items in the study are presented in a separate table. 3 A single dash indicates that the nutrient was below the limit of detection; the limit of detection was not defined.